To support the public educational programs of the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation by amending title 10 of the United States Code to elevate the status of the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation to receive surplus military property.

Makes the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation (a nonprofit organization incorporated in Georgia) eligible to receive surplus military documents, historical artifacts, and condemned or obsolete material.

Designates the Foundation as a service educational activity for purposes of the Department of Defense personal property donation program. Requires the Secretary of Defense to enter into a formal donation agreement with the Foundation.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5364 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5364

    To support the public educational programs of the Army Aviation 
 Heritage Foundation by amending title 10 of the United States Code to 
elevate the status of the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation to receive 
                       surplus military property.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 11, 2002

 Mr. Collins introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To support the public educational programs of the Army Aviation 
 Heritage Foundation by amending title 10 of the United States Code to 
elevate the status of the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation to receive 
                       surplus military property.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY OF ARMY AVIATION HERITAGE FOUNDATION TO 
              RECEIVE SURPLUS MILITARY PROPERTY.

    (a) Title 10 Authority.--Section 2572 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
            ``(8) The Army Aviation Heritage Foundation, a nonprofit 
        organization incorporated in the State of Georgia.''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``a recognized 
                war veterans' association'' and inserting ``an entity 
                described in paragraph (5) or (8) of subsection (a)''; 
                and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
    ``(C) In the case of the donation of an aircraft or other surplus 
equipment to the entity described in paragraph (8) of subsection (a) 
that is in flyable or usable condition at the time the aircraft or 
equipment is determined to be available for donation under this 
section, the Secretary concerned shall maintain the aircraft or 
equipment in flyable or usable condition pending the donation to 
facilitate the prompt utilization of the aircraft or equipment by the 
entity in its aerial and educational living history demonstrations.''.
    (b) Designation As Service Educational Activity.--The Army Aviation 
Heritage Foundation, a nonprofit organization incorporated in the State 
of Georgia, is hereby designated as a Service Educational Activity for 
purposes of the Department of Defense personal property donation 
program, and the Secretary of Defense shall enter into a formal 
donation agreement with the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation.
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